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How to Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays

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The festive season is fast approaching, which means that it’s time to prepare your home for friends and family and cozy days curled up indoors. For many of us, this might be decorating our spaces with lights and ornaments, baking sweet treats, and bringing out scented candles. But, some things that can often be overlooked during this busy and exciting time are your dryer vents and HVAC system. Not to worry, though! We put together some tips for maintaining these systems to prepare your home ...

How to Prepare Ahead for a Professional Air Duct Cleaning

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When your home or commercial workspace starts feeling a little stuffy, it could indicate that it’s time to improve indoor air quality. Dust and other contaminants in your heating and cooling system can cause it to work harder and drive up energy costs. Cleaning your air ducts ensures that your HVAC system works properly, allowing for cleaner and more efficient airflow. Here is how you can prepare for your professional air duct cleaning appointment.

How Unclean Air Ducts Can Affect Your Health

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Walking up to the thermostat to turn it up or down, you might not think much about what happens after you walk away. Your HVAC system turns on, drawing outdoor air inward through a series of pathways and turning that air into a comfortable temperature for you and your family. While this might seem like a safe process, dirty air ducts can cause adverse effects on the health of those inside your home. These ducts act like magnets, filtering harmful, microscopic items out while delivering high-...

5 Benefits of Improving Indoor Air Quality in the Workplace

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Controlling the quality of indoor air can be accomplished in a number of ways, including using a ventilation system. A well-designed system should be able to lower energy consumption while controlling the temperature and cleanliness in a room. In terms of the latter, it should eliminate air contaminants and carbon dioxide, as well as ensure efficient air cycling. According to ASHRAE, buildings should maintain carbon dioxide levels no higher than 700 parts per million (ppm). Furthermore, temp...

Duct Issues that Can be Prevented with Regular Maintenance

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There are many ways to have a comfortable living environment, one of them being the right cooling and heating solution for your needs and property size. A suitable system can make the difference between night and day in a home. It can save you from spending a long night in the cold to being in excessive heat.

Six Signs of a Dirty Air Filter

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As a homeowner, you do your best to keep the inside of your home clean and comfortable. One of the most important factors in your quest to do this includes your HVAC system. There’s nothing better than clean air blowing into your home and finding that “just right” temperature. But did you know a dirty filter can affect the air in your home and the health of your system? It requires routine changing, but it might be difficult to know the best time to do it. Here are some telltale signs your a...

Why You Should Clean Your Ducts This Spring

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As the snow starts to melt and the weather begins to warm up, your furnace isn’t likely something you would typically think about adding to your spring cleaning list. But after the long winter months, you’d be surprised at how dirty the air ducts can get. Without regular cleanings, your indoor air can become polluted with many contaminants, impacting your health, comfort, and energy efficiency. Read on to learn more about the main benefits of cleaning your ducts this spring.

How Do Professionals Clean Ductwork?

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Is your home looking dusty, even after you clean it up? Or maybe you’re noticing that your energy bills are higher than usual. Whether it’s dust, soaring bills or even allergy flare-ups, your ductwork could be to blame. Professional air duct cleaning can help to improve the air quality and comfort inside your home and even lower your monthly bills. A thorough cleaning will remove pollutants, dust mites, mould, allergens, and other particles that typically build up indoors. If you’ve been thi...

What’s Really in Your Ducts?

Posted in Air Duct, Commercial, Residential, Tips & Advice

The ducts in your home are designed to deliver air throughout your home. Over time, they can collect lots of dust, allergens, and pollutants, impacting the air quality that you’re breathing inside. To avoid inhaling contaminated air and enduring higher utility bills, giving the air ducts a good cleaning a few times each year is important. Learn more about what’s really in your ducts and how you can keep your air fresh with both at-home and professional duct cleaning services.

HVAC Maintenance: Everything you need to know

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Just moved into your first home and are not sure how to maintain your HVAC system? It plays a significant role in keeping you and your family cozy and comfortable throughout the year. That’s why it’s essential to understand some of the basics when it comes to general HVAC care and upkeep. Below is a basic rundown of everything you need to know about HVAC maintenance.

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Displaying posts in Air Duct

How to Get Your Home Ready for the Holidays

How to Prepare Ahead for a Professional Air Duct Cleaning

How Unclean Air Ducts Can Affect Your Health

5 Benefits of Improving Indoor Air Quality in the Workplace

Duct Issues that Can be Prevented with Regular Maintenance

Six Signs of a Dirty Air Filter

Why You Should Clean Your Ducts This Spring

How Do Professionals Clean Ductwork?

What’s Really in Your Ducts?

HVAC Maintenance: Everything you need to know

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